迪拜世界港口公司标榜自己是一家具有进步精神的企业，关注社会和企业责任，支持劳工权利，“以负责任的方式工作，优先考虑可持续性，并对我们所经营的人民、社区和环境产生影响”。

在其子公司P&O渡轮无情解雇800名海员之后，该公司现在有许多严肃的问题需要回答。

3月17日，P&O渡轮公司(P&O Ferries)在提前30分钟通知的情况下，通过预先录制的Zoom呼叫解雇了800名驻英国的海员。

该公司没有与员工或工会协商就做出了这一决定。

国际运输工人联合会(ITF)和欧洲运输工人联合会(ETF)呼吁迪拜世界港口公司与附属公司RMT和鹦鹉螺国际就P&O渡轮的未来进行有意义的对话。

这种残酷的打击策略让人想起臭名昭著的帕特里克纠纷，这代表了一种过时和不受欢迎的管理风格，”ITF主席和ITF码头工人部门主席Paddy Crumlin说。

克拉姆林说:“迪拜世界港口公司解雇并袭击800名辛勤工作的海员的冷酷决定是对他们尊严的野蛮攻击。”“他们这样做违反了法律，没有达到自己公司的标准。”

此外，交易所交易基金总裁弗兰克·莫雷尔斯(Frank Moreels)对此表示赞同，他指出，使用非工会的替代劳动力，从根本上侵犯了工人的结社自由权利。

“他们外包工作的计划彻底失败了。欧洲各地都有报告说，他们最初的策略是用俄罗斯和乌克兰海员取代被解雇的工人。”

“我们现在看到的是，通过一个与《天堂报》有关联的阴暗空壳公司，招募两周合同工的混乱局面。”

2019年，迪拜世界港口公司签署了联合国全球契约(UNGC)。

迪拜世界港口公司自己的可持续发展政策表示:“迪拜世界港口公司是联合国全球契约(UNGC)及其10项核心原则的签署国，这些原则包括人权、劳工、环境和反腐败。迪拜世界港口公司已与政府资会签署协议，承诺其策略和运作将与这些原则保持一致。”

“他们不可能两全其美，”身为工人资本委员会(Committee on Workers’Capital)联合主席的克拉姆林说。

“前一分钟他们还在表达对人权和ESG原则的支持，下一分钟他们就在30分钟内让800人失业。”

3月28日，ITF将在迪拜举行的UNGC董事会会议上提出P&O海员的问题，ITF的秘书长Stephen Cotton已经联系了迪拜世界港口公司的首席执行官Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem，将此事作为优先事项进行讨论。

Cotton还将向苏丹艾哈迈德•本•苏拉耶姆(Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem)递交一封由数百个工会和数千名工人签名的全球抗议书。

“我们希望苏丹艾哈迈德·本·苏拉耶姆(Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem)将利用这个机会参与并采取行动纠正这种情况，以避免进一步损害他的公司的声誉，并尊重这些工人的基本劳动权利，”克拉姆林说。

在对Zoom的解雇中，P&O ferririto告诉员工，这是一个“艰难”的决定，但如果没有这些改变，它将“无法成为一个可行的业务”。

事实上，P&O渡轮公司的所有者迪拜世界港口公司(DP World)在疫情期间实现了创纪录的收入和利润，去年实现了108亿美元的收入和12亿美元的利润，同比增长了33%。

仅在过去两年中，该公司就向股东支付了3.761亿美元的股息。

《泰晤士报》和其他消息来源报道了迪拜世界港口公司在疫情期间获得的政府支持的规模，包括纳税人资助的休假计划在内，超过3000万英镑的紧急资金进入了迪拜世界港口公司的金库。

“如果公司真的遇到了麻烦(其实并没有)，它应该去找工会。这将使我们有时间进行公平合理的讨论，以确保这些工人的权利得到保护，确保P&O渡轮的乘客不会因为考虑不周的决定而感到不便或面临危险。”

“无论在经济上还是在道德上，这种情况对我们都没有影响，对800名失去工作的海员来说当然也没有影响。一个收到超过3000万英镑纳税人资金的公司，怎么能申报创纪录的利润呢?还是侥幸逃脱?”

“一份泄露的备忘录显示，部长们在事发当晚就被告知P&O渡轮公司打算解雇这些工人。他们没有做任何事情来阻止它。长期以来，政治精英们让富人变得更富，而牺牲了工人阶级的利益。这场争端将是一条底线，我们必须采取行动。”

ITF总裁帕迪·克拉姆林（Paddy Crumlin）明确表示:“800年的利益工人失去了工作，我们准备好了并且愿意促进公司和工会之间的对话，但是我们也随时准备提供有意义的团结在迪拜世界港口公司的全球业务如果需要保护这些工人的就业机会。”

P&O Ferries Sackings Show A Shocking Disregard By DP World: ITF

DP World sells itself as a progressive business concerned with social and corporate responsibility that supports labour rights and works ‘in a responsible way that prioritises sustainability and impact on the people, communities and environment in which we operate’. The company now has serious questions to answer following the ruthless sacking of 800 seafarers at its subsidiary P&O Ferries.

On March 17, P&O Ferries fired 800 British-based seafarers with 30 minutes notice over a pre-recorded Zoom call. The company made the decision without any consultation with its workforce or their unions.

The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) and European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF) are calling on DP World to engage in meaningful dialogue with affiliates RMT and Nautilus International about P&O Ferries’ future.

These kinds of brutal shock tactics are reminiscent of the infamous Patrick dispute, that represents nothing more than an outmoded and discredited management style,” said Paddy Crumlin, President of the ITF and Chair of ITF’s Dockers’ Section.

“DP World’s callous decision to sack and attack 800 hard-working seafarers represents a brutal attack on their dignity,” said Crumlin. “In doing so, they’re breaching laws and failing to meet their own company’s standards.”

Further, ETF President Frank Moreels echoed this, pointing out that the use of non-union replacement labour amounts to a fundamental breach of workers’ rights to *** of association.

“Their plan to outsource the jobs is in tatters. Reports are coming in across Europe that their original strategy was to replace the sacked workers with Russian and Ukrainian seafarers,” said Moreels. “What we’re seeing now is a chaotic scrabble to recruit seafarers on two week contracts through a shady shell corporation with links to the Paradise papers.”

In 2019, DP World signed up to the UN’s Global Compact (UNGC). Its own policy on sustainability says: “DP World is a signatory to the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) and its 10 core principles, which encompass human rights, labour, the environment and anti-corruption. By signing the UNGC, DP World has committed to align its strategies and operations with these principles.”

“They can’t have it both ways,” said Crumlin who is also Co-Chair of the Committee on Workers’ Capital. “One minute they’re voicing their support for human rights and ESG principles and the next they’re throwing 800 people out of work with 30 minutes notice.”

On March 28, the ITF will raise the case of the P&O seafarers at the UNGC Board meeting in Dubai, and ITF’s General Secretary Stephen Cotton has reached out to DP World CEO Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem to discuss this as a priority. Cotton will also deliver a global protest letter — signed by hundreds of unions and thousands of workers addressed to Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem.

“We hope that Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem will take this opportunity to engage and move to rectify this situation that avoids further reputational damage to his company and respects these workers’ fundamental labour rights”, said Crumlin.

In the Zoom sacking, P&O Ferriestold workers this was a “tough” decision, but it would “not be a viable business” without the changes.

In fact, P&O Ferries’ owner DP World has made record revenue and profits throughout the pandemic, turning over $10.8bn in revenue and $1.2bn in profit last year, a 33% increase in profit compared with the previous year. The company has paid out $376.1 million in dividends to shareholders over the past two years alone.

The Times and other sources have reported the scale of government support that DP World received during the pandemic, with over £30 million in emergency funding, including through the taxpayer funded furlough scheme, landing in DP World’s coffers.

“If the company was in actual trouble, which it’s not, it should have approached unions. This would have allowed time for fair and reasonable discussions to ensure that these workers’ rights were protected and that P&O Ferries’ passengers are not inconvenienced or put at risk by ill-thought decisions,” said Moreels.

“Both economically and morally this situation doesn’t wash with us – and it certainly doesn’t wash for the 800 seafarers who’ve lost their jobs. How can a company who is declaring record profits, who has received over £30 million in taxpayer funds, justify this? Or get away with this?”

“A leaked memo has exposed that Ministers were informed of P&O Ferries’ intention to sack these workers the night it happened. They did nothing to stop it. For too long the political elites have allowed the rich to get richer, and at the expense of the working class. This dispute will be a line in the sand – the government must act,” said Moreels.

ITF President Paddy Crumlin made it clear that: “In the interest of the 800 workers who have lost their jobs, we are ready and willing to facilitate dialogue between the company and the unions, but we also stand ready to provide meaningful solidarity across DP World’s global operations if need be to defend these workers’ jobs.”

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